'Sega would probably let me make Shenmue 3' says series creator

The creator of cult Dreamcast action adventure series Shenmue has said that Sega will probably allow him to create Shenmue 3. Speaking at the 2011 Games Developers Conference in San Francisco, the Japanese game designer said he does want to make the long-awaited third entry in the franchise but it …

The stars of next month’s highly anticipated Pokmon games are already on shelves – in trading card form. Released earlier this week, the Zoroark: World of Illusions gift box marked the beginning of a major retail marketing drive for Pokmon Black and White. The company behind the Pokmon Trading Card …

A class action complaint has been filed against GameStop after the US retail giant was accused of recording the personal information of its customers. The suit was filed by California resident Melissa Arechiga, who claimed a GameStop store kept her name, credit card, and other personal identification information after she …

Playfish and Chillingo to broker publishing deals for App Store, Android and Facebook

Upcoming EA release Crysis 2 will break with the publisher’s recent tradition and not require a user to input an Online Pass code to access key features. GamertagRadio reports that developer Crytek itself, which as a member of the EA Partners program was free to decide for itself, made the …

Twenty years of Sonic will be marked by a global merchandising plan. Sega Europe’s newly expanded licensing team is seeking partnerships in every sector imaginable to create new product lines for the mascot’s 20th anniversary on June 23rd. We have some surprises lined up for Sonic’s anniversary,” Sega Europe’s head …

I remember visiting Best Buy at the launch of its first UK store. There was an excited buzz about the place. This was a retailer that was to open ‘spectacular’ stores the likes of which us Brits have never seen. It would ‘revolutionise’ the way we bought tech, service us …

Ubisoft has announced Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood: The Da Vinci Edition will be released on March 25th. This new SKU includes the best-selling historical action game which was first released in November last year, as well as the recent Da Vinci Disappearance DLC pack, on one disc. It will be available …

HMV Group has warned it expects profit before tax to be ‘moderately below’ the 45m market expectations for its financial year. The retailer – which runs the HMV and Waterstones chains – is still finding trading tough for the first two months of the year, despite a significant upturn in …